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    So I'm having a real problem lately with candy. I don't know why. I'm like an addict and I can't control myself. I actually think about, when I'm not eating it. I would really not have believed that one could be so addicted to a non-drug. I actually have a severe emotional crash if I go a day without intense amounts of sugar. This is a new thing; I mean, I've obviously eaten junk food before, but not in this volume or with this kind of craving. I don't have weight concerns, but I do have cavibvty concerns; plus... it is just not good to be this reliant on something. I mean, I should be able to function emotionally without junk food. Maybe it's because I've been cutting back on the caffeine? Whatever. Is there some way to ease a transition to normal adult food? I'm really pretty irritable about this.
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    Maybe switch to sugar-free, or only have a piece of candy after a full glass of water?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny View Post
    So I'm having a real problem lately with candy. I don't know why. I'm like an addict and I can't control myself. I actually think about, when I'm not eating it. I would really not have believed that one could be so addicted to a non-drug. I actually have a severe emotional crash if I go a day without intense amounts of sugar.
    Oh, sugar addiction is no joke at all! Here's one interesting article on its neurological impact:

    http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagenam...sugarAddiction

    And some interesting info in Q&A form on what to do about it:

    http://www.sugar-addiction.com/sugar...n_archives.htm
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    Try eating fruit to satisfy the sweet craving.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerousdiva View Post
    Try eating fruit to satisfy the sweet craving.
    Pineapple is incredible, and clementines. These are the things that satisfy my need for a sweet fix normally. I'm not sure if these are better, or worse for your teeth though. I won't touch that topic, as I'm betting you are already well informed on oral hygiene.


    Lately though, I've been having the same problem...except it's warm cinamon rolls with the icing.

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    I hate most fruits. I get bored eating the few fruits I like.

    I think there's something to this sugar addiction! I used to think I just liked chocolate a lot, but there have been times where I tried to cut candy and pastries out of my life (used to want to lose weight) and within a few hours I was going nuts. I didn't feel good physically or emotionally at all and NEEDED a fix, I would rip the house apart till I found something like and old bag of bittersweet Nestle chocolate chips and ate the whole thing. And I did feel better. If I don't get some sort of sugar in my system within the first few hours of my day (which almost never happens) I get headaches and don't feel right, physically and emotionally.

    I used to joke about the fact that it's when I eat right that I don't feel right and get sick. It's when I'm living off of pastries and candies that I feel healthy as a horse. Maybe it's not a joke!!

    Jenny, what sorts of candies do you eat to feed your sugar cravings? Anything specific?

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    I like red licorice and chocolate candy - like a snickers bar or something? I feel a combination of stupid and immature - I can't stop eating candy! But I'm reading links all avid like. The fruit idea looks good to me. Can you get addicted to fruit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny View Post
    I feel a combination of stupid and immature - I can't stop eating candy!
    Don't feel bad. It's your body, not you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny View Post
    ...The fruit idea looks good to me. Can you get addicted to fruit?
    No, I don't think you can get addicted to fruit because the sugar in fruit is different and isn't metabolized the same way as the sugar from candy.

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    A couple of things: I've read and heard that it's natural for people, and especially us northerners to crave and eat a lot of carbs in the winter. Something to do with stoking up for the long hibernation/lack of sunlight...something like that.

    Also, you might do a little research on yeast imbalance in your digestive tract? I've had a couple of bouts of bronchitis which required antibiotics in the past. Apparently this knocks out some naturally present critters which feed on the yeast (acidophilus?). The yeast feed on the sugar/carbs and somehow get you to craving them. If you take a supplement to control the yeast...available over the counter...this may help. Again, do some googling.
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    If your sugar addiction is anything like mine, then fresh fruit won't cut it. Try DEHYDRATED fruit. It's way sweeter and still not as bad as candy. This was a tip I got from a nutritionist that I used to work with. And definately, try the glass of water trick that Yek suggested.
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    ^^^oh yeah...dehydrated banana slices are great, like potato chips only better, raisins, apricots mmmm.

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    My name is Shasta, and I am a fruit addict.

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    I'm a fruit addict too. I need several pieces of fruit every day or I go nuts. Can't help it. But what the hell, it's good for me AND it's delicious so I don't care!

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    I have the same problem. try frozen berries. YUM. They ARE candy!

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    If you like Snickers kind of stuff maybe an apple and peanut butter? This is really satisfying to me and can be considered a meal too.
    I also have a pint of Coffee Hagez Dos icecream in the freezer that I have a spoon or two of out of the carton when I want something sweet. I don't love ice cream like some people so this usually satisfys me craving.

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    I think you have to go a week without any, and then the cravings will greatly subside. That week will suck, especially at first. But I find the more sweets I eat, the more I NEED to eat them. It's very much a jonsing feeling. So if you buckle down and go cold turkey, having some pineapple or an apple instead, you'll notice a difference soon enough. It's the blood sugar spiking or something. So it's not one of those things you can gradually reduce...you really have to eliminate it from your blood to drop the urges.

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    I don't know if this will be helpful at all , but maybe try attacking the physical habits of the candy-eating first? Like whenever you normally sit down to have candy, have a vitamin C tablet instead (I buy them in yummy flavors!) or get a bottle of the gummi bear vitamins that they make for children? B12 tablets can also be flavored, and go under your tongue. This might not help all the cravings, but it'd give you something sweet to keep your mouth busy with.

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    ^^^ Sugarless gum would work too. I have a major oral fixation and sugarless gum helped me kick the Diet Coke addiction.

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    Well I did eat a bran muffin, today, so I haven't cut the sweets entirely. But today, I'm dragging. Of course I did get up an hour earlier, so maybe tomorrow will be better.
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    I have a major Butterfinger/PB addiction that I've been able to turn into a strawberry popsicle addiction. The ones I get are either 60 calories or 90 for the nice big chunky bar ones. I have at least one a day when I'm craving sweets like mad. Something about the size and how dense it is makes me think its "junk food" when its really not that bad with no fat (although some sugar). I think the coldness of it makes it feel like a treat and not normal healthy food.

    I think its Dryers that makes the chunky ones I get. I ran out and switched to Trader Joes brand last time. I don't feel deprived at all when the bf is sitting there with his pint of Ben and Jerrys at all.

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    I don't really know about this, but I think it would be worthwile to make sure you are getting enough magnesium and b vitamin and calcium while you are cold turkeying. Just an uneducated guess, tho.



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    I just had two king-sized extra caramel Milky Ways and a bottle of Dr. Pepper. I am a slave to the sugar.

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    Everyone's suggestions so far are great. Be sure you're taking a good multivitamin.

    Try replacing all snickers bars/milk chocolate with dark, dairy-free chocolate, which has proven health benefits. Green & Black makes really smooth dark chocolate bars.

    Try only buying organic sweets - they will cost more, so maybe you'll buy fewer.

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    I switched to the organic dark-dark-dark chocolate that you buy cut from a big block at Whole Foods. It is still candy, but I certainly feel more adult eating it. I tell myself that it is my special antioxidant medicine.
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